Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd consider an R-D1 if Epson showed that they were in this for the long haul - release a few more models, expand distribution and marketing and what not. Richard wrote: > As you may recall, I sent the R-D1 in for repair since the battery > gauge does not move beyond the middle position. I know all if not most > people who sent in their cameras in for repair got a new camera, but > since most of the reported problems are with the rangefinder, the > Epson customer support person thought that with a gauge problem, they > should be able to fix it. > > The bad news is that they did send me a new camera. This doesn't bode > well since when the warranty expires, this means that most likely we > will have to rely on 3rd party to fix anything. Someone just reported > on the photo.net site that DAG did fix his camera's rangefinder > problem but this is disturbing in that sense. > > Oh well, I guess just have to take lots of pictures before warranty > expires :-) > > The good news is that now I have 3 batteries and they are very > difficult to get a hold of :-). Also, the serial # of the new camera > is one of those extremely lucky number in Chinese numerology! > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please use richard at imagecraft.com) > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information